Found October 16, 2008 on Simon On Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
One thing is for certain this National League postseason, you can't blame the Dodgers loss on Manny Ramirez. Manny who seemingly everybody thought was on the decline is obviously still one of the elite hitters in all of baseball and this was never more evident than in this postseason. Manny stepped up to the plate 36 times in 8 games. He reached base in 24 of those 36 plate appearances which is essentially a high quality softball player's on base percentage. In all 8 games Manny recorded at least 1 hit and in 5 of the 8 he recorded 2. In 7 of the 8 games Ramirez recorded and RBI and only in the 3-1 clincher against the Cubs when Manny scored 1 run and was walked two times did he not. Ramirez finished the postseason with an unimaginable OPS of 1.747. Ever stat you can look at shows Ramirez's excellence. Without him the Dodgers might not have made the postseason and certainly would not have challenged in many of their postseason games. Even on the losing squad he...
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